Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] be his " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Michael was on with Jacqueline Bisset and he confessed that she had been his pin-up and he 'd loved her from afar for years . |
| 2 | Jack explained that it had been his father driving the car . |
| 3 | On reflection he was sure that it had been his own personal brush with the Sabbah organisation two years earlier that had caused him to overreact . |
| 4 | While admitting that his testimony to Congress in 1986 had contained inaccuracies , he denied that it had been his intention to mislead the investigation . |
| 5 | Even as he made back up towards it , half pulling , half swimming along the line leading towards the rapidly swelling shape that he knew was his raft , the water he was in turned solid , sweeping him effortlessly to one side . |